**FILE** Country singer Willie Nelson performs during the pregame show before Super Bowl XXXVIII on in this Feb. 1, 2004 file photo, at Reliant Stadium in Houston. Country singer and Farm Aid President Willie Nelson has asked President Bush to intervene in a land dispute between farmers and the Navy over a proposed jet practice field in rural eastern North Carolina. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

**FILE** Country singer Willie Nelson performs during the pregame...

Wilco performs at the 20th anniversary Farm Aid concert, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2005, at the Tweeter Center, in Tinley Park, Ill. The day-long concert is the culmination of a week of events to benefit family farmers. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey) ORG XMIT: MER2013091911521903

** FILE ** Willie Nelson performs at Farm Aid on Randall's Island in this Sept. 9, 2007, file photo in New York. Nelson has donated $40,000 to Vancouver, the town where he sold some of his first records a half-century ago. The 74-year-old country singer appeared at The Amphitheater near Vancouver on June 30. He promised to share some of the concert proceeds with the southwestern Washington city and area charities. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, file) ORG XMIT: MER2013091911573029

Farm Aid 2013, the mega-concert series that started in 1985 to benefit family farms, has been sold out since July 4 for its Saturday show at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs.

Willie Nelson launched Farm Aid to raise money for family farms, which he felt were being ignored by federal farm policy in favor of industrial farms.

Saturday's event features four Farm Aid board members — Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews — along with 13 other musicians. Nelson arranged the first Farm Aid in 21 days, raising $9 million. Since then, the benefit concert series has raised more than $43 million to help keep family farmers on their land.

Twenty-eight years later, Farm Aid is still an advocate of the local farms.

"Every time we have a Farm Aid, a lot of farmers show up and say, 'Hey, keep it going,' so it's not a hard decision for us," Nelson told Times Union reporter Steve Barnes in June.

Here are some numbers and farming facts so you'll know more about the event that has captivated our region — even if you missed your chance to get a ticket.

Farm facts

According to Farm Aid 2013 New York Food and Farm Facts, New York state has the second-largest number of farmers markets in the country, and 7 percent of the nation's certified organic farms.

The Saratoga Springs show will be the 27th Farm Aid concert, the second in New York state and the first in upstate New York.

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center grounds will host farm-related educational displays, activities and locally grown and produced foods on Saturday.

The concert also promotes the Good Food Movement, already strong in New York State.